Home > 1830s in sports

1 Baseball

• Possible date of the codification of the first rules of baseball by Abner Doubleday (1839)

2 Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge (1836 and 1839)
• First Henley Royal Regatta rowing race is held (1839)

3 Horse racing

• Believed to be the first running of the Aintree Grand National, won by The Duke (1836)

4 Events

• Croquet believed to have been invented in Ireland

5 Births

6 Deaths